This is not set up exactly how I wanted it, but I got impatient, I just haven't had enough time to do it right, but I wanted the info out there for everyone to enjoy. I will fix it up nice eventually... Note: Data tabularized by JT for the Armour Archive

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Culture/ TimePeriod	Location/ of Find	Pattern	Material	Ring Closure	Wire Size	Wire CrossSection	Inside Diameter	Outside Diameter	(Unspecified) Diameter	Comments/References
Celtic Mid 4thC BC	Hjortspring, Denmark	4-in-1?	Iron?	-	-	-	7mm Avg	N/A	N/A	Outside diameter range 4-10 mm. Mail from remains of ~ a dozen shirts Ref #1
Celtic Late 4th - Early 3rdC BC	Ciumesti, Romania	4-in-1	Iron	Butted + Solid (punched)	Butted: 1.2-1.4mm, Solid: 0.8-1.8mm	-	6mm	9mm Avg	N/A	From a mail shirt that prob. had a Celtic mantle-style shoulder defense. Ref-1 refers to only butted rings Ref #1, #2
Celtic, 3rd C BC	Ciumesti, Romania	4-in-1	Iron	Riveted + Solid (punched)	Est. 16ga	-	5mm	8mm	N/A	From a mail shirt. Compare to other Ciumesti find Ref #2
Celtic 3rd C BC	Kirkburn, Yorkshire	-	-	Conflicting reports: Butted vs Riveted+Solid	1.5 - 1.6 mm	-	-	8.2 - 9.2 mm	N/A	From a mail shirt Ref #1
Belgo-Roman 1st C. BC - 1st C AD	Maiden Castle, Dorset	-	-	Butted	1.0 - 1.3 mm	-	-	7mm	N/A	Ref #1
Celtic, 15-10 BC	Lexden, Essex	-	Iron?	Riveted + Solid (welded)	1.4 - 1.6 mm	Circular	-	5.5 - 5.8 mm	N/A	Ref #1
Celtic, 20-35 AD	Baldock, England	-	Iron?	Riveted + Solid (welded?)	1.2 - 1.3 mm	Circular	-	4.8 - 5.0 mm	N/A	Ref #1
Celtic, 50 AD	St. Albans, Hertfordshire	4-in-1?	Iron	Riveted + Solid(Welded?)	1.5 - 1.6 mm	Circular	-	6.8 - 7.1 mm	N/A	"Folly Lane" mail shirt find Ref #1
Celtic, 50 AD	Stanwick, York	-	-	Butted	-	-	-	-	-	Ref #1
Celtic, Late 1st C BC - Early 1st C AD	Hayling Island, Hamshire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Ref #1
Celtic, 1st Cent. AD	Tiefenau, Switzerland	6-in-1	Iron	Butted	1 mm (~18 ga)	-	11 mm	13 mm	N/A	The ONLY 6-in-1 mail shirt I have yet found; assigned an earlier date in reference #3 Ref #1, #3
Celto-Roman, 1st C AD	-	-	Iron?	Riveted + Solid (punched)	8mm + 1.0x0.8mm	Circular and Rectangular (cut "wire" strip?)	-	7.0 - 7.5 mm	N/A	Ref #1
Roman, c.50 AD	Baginton, Warwickshire	-	Bronze	Riveted + Solid (punched)	-	-	3 mm	-	N/A	Ref #4
Roman, 1st Cent. AD (?)	Ouddorp, Holland	-	Bronze	-	-	-	3 mm	-	N/A	This find bronze mail served as the foundation for a scale armour - the "lorica plumata" ??? Ref #4
Roman, 1st C AD	Newstead	4-in-1	Bronze	Riveted + Solid (punched)	-	-	-	Riveted: 5mm, Solid: 3mm	N/A	Mail shirt used as foundation for a scale armour … the "lorica plumata" ??? Ref #4
Roman, c. 150 AD	Newstead	4-in-1	Iron	Riveted + Solid (punched)	-	-	-	7mm	N/A	Mail shirt Ref #4
Roman, c. 150 AD	Saalburg	4-in-1?	-	-	-	-	4.0 - 7.0 mm	-	N/A	Mail shirt Ref #4
Germanic, 2nd-3rd C AD	Vimose	4-in-1 ?	Iron?	-	-	-	-	-	12 mm	Ref Wheeler (need to confirm
Germanic, 3rd Cent. AD	Thorsbjorg, Schleswig	4-in-1 ?	Iron?	Riveted and Solid	about 1mm	-	-	Riveted: 12mm, Solid: 10mm	N/A	Ref #1
Roman, c.250 AD	Kastell, Kunzing	4-in-1	Iron	-	-	-	I7.0 - 9.0 mm	-	N/A	Mail shirt Ref #4
Anglo-Saxon, c.750-775 AD	York, England	4-in-1	Iron	Riveted + Solid (welded)	1.1 - 2.0 mm	-	8 mm	-	N/A	attached to the lower edge of the "Coppergate Helmet" Ref Tweedle
Western European, Early 16th C AD	-	4-in-1	Iron	Riveted	about 2mm	Flat	~ 7mm	~ 9mm	N/A	Part of a "gusset" or mail defense attached to a padded arming doublet worn beneath plate armour; Measurements taken from a photograph Ref Laking
European(?), Early 15th C AD (?)	-	4-in-1	Iron	Riveted	~ 14 ga	Circular(?)	~ 10 mm	~ 13 mm	N/A	Measurements taken from a photograph Ref Laking
Caucasus (?), 18th-19th C AD	-	4-in-1	Iron	Overlapped butted (Lg) + End-on butted (Sm)	~14ga (Lg), ~16ga (Sm)	Circular?	11mm Lg, 9mm Sm	14mm Lg, 11mm Sm	N/A	Although Laking states this mail was found in the foundation of house when it was destroyed and assigns the mail to 14th C AD Europe, I believe this overlapped butted mail to be a later specimen from the Caucasus; Measurements from a photograph Ref Laking